Thill-support.



G. W. FRY.

THILL SUPPORT.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 20. 1912.

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GEORGE W. FRY, OF EAGLE. IDAHO.

THILL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 15, 1914.

Application filed Novembcrfifl. 1912. Serial No. 732,573.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. FRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eagle, in the county of Ada and State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Thin-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to thill supports tor a harness and it consists of the novel Features hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a support adapted to be connected with the back strap of a harness and which is designed to effectually hold a thill in proper position with relation to the side of the animal to which the harness is applied. In conjunction with the said support, means is provided which is applied to the thill for preventing the said support from moving rearwardly along the thill beyond a certain point. The breeching strap of the harness is adapted to be connected with the support, and consequently, when rearward strain is applied to the breeching strap. the thill support exerts a rearward thrust directly along the thill. Also means is provided for connecting the belly band with the said thill support. whereby the support is held in proper position with relation to the side of the animal.

The thill support comprises a crook shaped member to which is attached a resilicnt thill retainer member. The retaining member is under tension with a tendency to normally engage the end of the crookshaped member. and when pressure is applied to the side of the resilient member. a sutlicient space is opened to permit the thill to be swung or moved vertically out of en gagement with the support.

With these and other obiects in view. the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described. and then particularly pointed out in the claim and in the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the inven tion.

In the accompanying drawingFigure 1 is a perspective view of the thill support. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of the same showing the thill in section. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the support with parts in section showing the thill about to be seated in the support. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the inner side of the support.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

The thill support includes a crook-shaped member 1 which is provided with a shank 2 and a bill 53. The shank 2 is provided in the vicinity of its upper end with an opening at through which a billet or strap may be passed. and the back strap of the harness (not shown) may be connected with the billet 3 in any suitable manner. Ears (i are formed at the side edges of the lower por tion of the shank 9 ot the member 1 and are adapted to be bent back over a billet 7 to which the belly band (not shown) of the harness may be connected in any suitable manner. As an additional securing means a rivet .5 may be passed through the billet '7 and the shank Q.

A retaining member 9 is secured to the upper part of the shank by means of a rivet 10. The said member 9 is ln'eterably formed from resi ient sheet metal and the said member 9 is provided with a portion 1]. which is disposed at an angle to the shank and which normally hears at its lower end against the inner side oi the bill 3. Flanges 1") are provided at the side edges of the portion 11 and normally bridge the space between the shank "3 and the hill 3. The said flanges are provided at their lower ends with curved edges 13 which are adapted to lie over the upper side of the thill when the same is in position in the support. he member 1 is provided at its rear edge with a tongue ll which in turn is provided with an opening 15 through which the breeching strap 16 is adapted to be passed.

The thill indicated at 17 is provided at its side with a plate 18 which in turn is provided at its rear end with a hug 19. The lug 1 is adapted to engage the edge of the member 1 when backward pull is exerted upon the breeching strap 16. and thus the said lug prevents the member 1. from moving rearwardly along the thill 17 beyond a certain point.

YVhen the thill support is applied to a set of harness. the bill 3 is upwardly disposed. Therefore it will be seen that the thill 17 ma be lowered or swung down. and when the thill encounters the portion 11 of the iember 9. the said nortion 11 together with the flanges 11?. are flexed inwardlv. and the thill 17 may enter the lower portion of the crook-shaped member 1. After this has been done the resiliency of the member 9 will cause the portion 11 and the flanges 12 to move in an outward direction to their normal positions and the upper portion of the thill is received below the curved edges 13 of the flanges 12. The thill 17 may then be moved longitudinally until the lug 19 encounters the edge of the member 1. The plate 18 not only serves as a wear plate between the thill 17 and the member 1. but it also serves as a shield for the thill 17 when it strikes the inclined portion 11 of the member 9. In order to remove the thill 17 from the support. the portion 11 of the member 9 is pushed in an inward direction when the space between the shank f2 and the bill 3 of the member 1 is cleared and the thill 17 may be readily lifted out of engagement with the support.

I claim:

A thill support comprising a member having a shank portion and ahook and a Goplu of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the resilient member mounted upon the shank and having a free end portion which normally engages the bill of the hook and the outer side of the thill when said thill is in normally harnessed position, said member having at its free end portion spaced, rearwardly extending side flanges between which the aforesaid shank is located, and said flanges normally bridging the space between the shank and the bill of the hook, the outer ends of the lower edges of the flanges being more remote from the point of attachment of the resilient member to the shank than the inner ends of the loWer edges of the said flanges to said point of at tachment.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WV. FRY.

\Vitnesses A. NELSON, E. C. CooK.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. G. 

